Michel Thomas

This article is about the polyglot. For the English linguist, see Michael Thomas (English linguist). For the novelist born Michel Thomas, see Michel Houellebecq.
Michel Thomas
Born
Moniek Kroskof

February 3, 1914
Łódź, Russian Empire
DiedJanuary 8, 2005 (aged 90)
New York City, New York, U.S.
OccupationsNazi hunter, linguist, language teacher
Spouse(s)Christiane Schmidtmer, Alice Burns
Children2

Michel Thomas (born Moniek Kroskof, February 3, 1914 – January 8, 2005) was a polyglot linguist and decorated war veteran. He survived imprisonment in several Nazi concentration camps after serving in the Maquis of the French Resistance and worked with the U.S. Army Counter Intelligence Corps during World War II. After the war, Thomas immigrated to the United States, where he developed a language-teaching system known as the "Michel Thomas method". In 2004, he was awarded the Silver Star by the United States Army.

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